The 1970–71 Kent Football League season was the fifth in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition based in and around the county of Kent in England.
The league comprised one division and there was also a league cup competition, the Challenge Cup.
Kent Football League
edit| Season | 1970–71 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Faversham Town |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 1,421 (3.74 per match) |
← 1969–70 1971–72 → | |
The league featured teams from 20 clubs including nine reserves teams. Fifteen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by five additional clubs:[1]
- Slade Green Athletic, joined from the Greater London League[2]
- Ashford Town Reserves, rejoining after two years absence
- Bexley United Reserves, rejoining after two years absence
- Hastings United Reserves
- Tonbridge Reserves, rejoining after an absence of one year
Also, Tunnel sports changed their name to Dartford Amateurs.[3]
The league was won for a second successive season by Faversham Town,[4] who completed a League and Cup double.
At the end of the season three clubs left the league: champions Faversham Town left to join the newly formed Metropolitan–London League;[5] Snowdown Colliery Welfare resigned to the Kent County Amateur League owing to financial conderations;[6] and Deal Town Reserves resigned, to be replaced by their first team.[7]
League table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Season End Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faversham Town | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 116 | 37 | 3.135 | 61 | Transferred to the Metropolitan–London League |
| 2 | Chatham Town | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 102 | 52 | 1.962 | 54 | |
| 3 | Tonbridge Reserves | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 101 | 51 | 1.980 | 53 | |
| 4 | Sittingbourne | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 95 | 57 | 1.667 | 50 | |
| 5 | Margate Reserves | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 66 | 71 | 0.930 | 41 | |
| 6 | Bexley United Reserves | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 72 | 0.889 | 41 | |
| 7 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 77 | 63 | 1.222 | 40 | Resigned to Kent County Amateur League |
| 8 | Brett Sports | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 68 | 67 | 1.015 | 39 | |
| 9 | Slade Green Athletic | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 50 | 68 | 0.735 | 38 | |
| 10 | Ashford Town Reserves | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 98 | 73 | 1.342 | 37 | |
| 11 | Kent Police | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 73 | 78 | 0.936 | 37 | |
| 12 | Hastings United Reserves | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 67 | 0.910 | 37 | |
| 13 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 64 | 0.984 | 36 | |
| 14 | Whitstable Town | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 67 | 72 | 0.931 | 35 | |
| 15 | Dartford Amateurs | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 68 | 66 | 1.030 | 33 | |
| 16 | Ramsgate Athletic Reserves | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 59 | 80 | 0.738 | 31 | |
| 17 | Sheppey United Reserves | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 79 | 0.722 | 31 | |
| 18 | Folkestone Reserves | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 53 | 101 | 0.525 | 27 | |
| 19 | Crockenhill | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 49 | 113 | 0.434 | 20 | |
| 20 | Deal Town Reserves | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 90 | 0.378 | 19 | Resigned (replaced by first team) |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.
Challenge Cup
editThe 1970–71 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Faversham Town,[8] who completed a League and Cup double.
The competition comprised five single match tie rounds. All twenty clubs contested the first round;[9] in the second round six clubs received byes to produce eight competitors for the quarter finals. The final was played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C.[10] this season).
Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Dartford Amateurs | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ramsgate Athletic Reserves | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dartford Amateurs | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Faversham Town | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Faversham Town | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Bexley United Reserves | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Faversham Town | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Hastings United Reserves | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kent Police | 2 | 0[a] | ||||||||||||
| Hastings United Reserves | 2 | 1[a] | ||||||||||||
| Hastings United Reserves | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Brett Sports | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brett Sports | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tunbridge Wells | 2 | |||||||||||||
Second Round
edit- Whitstable Town 2 – 3 Bexley United Reserves
- Tunbridge Wells 4 – 3 Chatham Town
- Byes for the other six clubs
First Round
edit- Snowdown Colliery Welfare 0 – 1 Dartford Amateurs
- Ramsgate Athletic Reserves 5 – 2 Slade Green Athletic
- Faversham Town 2 – 1 Folkestone Reserves
- Deal Town Reserves 2 – 3 Bexley United Reserves
- Crockenhill 0 – 1 Kent Police
- Sittingbourne 1 – 2 Hastings United Reserves
- Brett Sports 2 – 0 Ashford Town Reserves
- Tunbridge Wells 2 – 0 Margate Reserves
- Chatham Town 1 – 1 Sheppey United Reserves
- REPLAY: Sheppey United Reserves 0 – 3 Chatham Town
- Whitstable Town 2 – 1 Tonbridge Reserves
Sources:
- Final: "Results: Kent League Cup (Final)". Thanet Times. 4 May 1971. p. 14. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Semi-finals: "County Details: Results: Saturday: League Cup semi-finals". Kent Messenger. 19 March 1971. p. 16. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Quarter-finals: "County Details: Results: Saturday: League Cup quarter-finals". Kent Messenger. 12 February 1971. p. 12. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Results: Kent League Cup (replay)". Thanet Times. 16 February 1971. p. 16. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Second Round: "Results and Fixtures: Kent League Cup (2nd round)". Faversham News. 18 December 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- First Round: "Kent League". Kentish Express. 23 October 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Reserves' uphill battle goes to Chaham". Sheerness Times-Guardian. 30 October 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "County Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup 1st Round". Kent Messenger. 13 November 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "County Details: Results: Wednesday: Kent League Cup 1st Round". Kent Messenger. 13 November 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
References
edit- ^ "Chatham will face fixture headache". Evening Post. Larkfield, Maidstone. 28 July 1970. p. 17.
- ^ "Fine on club cut by half". Kentish Express. Ashford. 15 May 1970. p. 24.
- ^ "Dartford Amateurs". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Gray, George (30 July 1971). "Ready for new season". Faversham Times. Sheerness. p. 12.
- ^ "Snowdown quit Kent League". Thanet Times. Ramsgate. 13 July 1971. p. 16.
- ^ "Deal". Kentish Express. Ashford. 11 June 1971. p. 12.
- ^ "League Cup Winners since 1923". SCEFL. February 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Pairings in the Kent League cup". Kentish Express. Ashford. 4 September 1970. p. 19.
- ^ "Results and Fixtures: Kent League Final". Faversham News. Faversham. 30 April 1971. p. 10.